KJV King James Version
These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:
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John 17:1
These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
When Jesus had spoken these things, He lifted up His eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son may glorify You.
WEB World English Bible
Jesus said these things, and lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, “Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may also glorify you;
ASV American Standard Version
These things spake Jesus; and lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that the Son may glorify thee:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
These things spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to the heaven, and said—‘Father, the hour hath come, glorify Thy Son, that Thy Son also may glorify Thee,
Surrounding context — John 17
1 These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:
2 As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
4 I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ΤαῦταG3778 · ohutosthis/he/she/itἐλάλησενG2980 · laleōto speakἸησοῦς,G2424 · IēsousJesusκαὶG2532 · kaiandἐπάραςG1869 · epairōto lift upτοὺςG3588 · hothe/this/whoὀφθαλμοὺςG3788 · ophthalmoseyeαὐτοῦG846 · autosit/s/heεἰςG1519 · eistowardτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoοὐρανὸνG3772 · ouranosheavenεἶπεν·G2036 · eiponto sayπάτερ,G3962 · patērfatherἐλήλυθενG2064 · erchomaito come/goἡG3588 · hothe/this/whoὥρα·G5610 · hōrahourδόξασόνG1392 · doxazōto glorifyσουG4771 · suyouτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoυἱόν,G5207 · uhiossonἵναG2443 · hinain order that/toὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoυἱὸςG5207 · uhiossonδοξάσῃG1392 · doxazōto glorifyσέ.G4771 · suyou
Cross-references
John 13:31-32Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.Philippians 2:9-11Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:John 17:4-5I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.John 12:23And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified.John 12:27-28Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.Acts 3:13The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let [him] go.John 7:39(But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet [given]; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)1 Peter 1:21Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.John 11:4When Jesus heard [that], he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.Psalm 121:1-2A Song of degrees. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.Mark 14:41And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take [your] rest: it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.Psalm 123:1A Song of degrees. Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.John 7:30Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.John 8:20These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come.John 11:41Then they took away the stone [from the place] where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up [his] eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.John 16:32Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.John 13:1Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.Luke 18:13And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as [his] eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
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